In the current period of
globalisation it
is
more important than ever to be informed about international affairs.
This
site helps explain new trends in diplomacy and foreign affairs, the
strategic
environment, international economy, and the bases of other cultures. International-Relations.com
has been designed as a resource to help achieve these goals. Articles,
research papers, lectures, centre and subject outlines, audio-visual
materials,
news, and links are provided to create a wide-ranging set of
international
relations resources. This site is being updated on a weekly basis. News
services updated daily. You may need to reload the page to see new
features.

Freedom House provides a range of advocacy reports and updates on
democracy, human rights and press freedom at
http://www.freedomhouse.org/

The International Crisis Group has a wide
range of updates and research papers on crises across the globe at
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?

The Internet
Archive has a wide range of text, audio and video material on a
wide range of political, cultural and historical topics, organised by
subject.

A range of critical analysis and news reports on Eurasia, Russia and
Central Asia can be found via the The Eurasia Internet at
http://www.eurasia.org.ru/index_en.shtml

Site Overview:

Articles
and Research
Resources
Lecture
Series, Subjects and Documentaries

The
Culture Mandala: The
Bulletin of
the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies

The Culture
Mandala is a non-technical
Bulletin
aimed at increasing academic and public awareness of cultural and
political
affairs which impact on international relations, globalisation andEast-West Relations.

A range
of useful documentaries, lectures, and interviews are now emerging on a
number of websites globally. Formats vary, with automatic pod
broadcastes, mp3 downlands, and audio-on-demand being used in different
combinations. Useful starting places include: -

The BBC
History Archive with interviews of experts is available in
audio-on-demand at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_history.shtml

The BBC
Documentary Archive has a wide range of MP3 download files on range
of political, international, and environmental topics at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/default.stm

The Podcast Directory lists a
wide range of political and cultural resources and sites in audio and
download format at http://www.podcast.net/

A range of Podcast
Software can be found at
http://www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Software.html (This is
usually only needed if you automatic downloads and updates onto your
computer.)

The Culture Mandala: The
Bulletin of
the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies

The Culture Mandala is a non-technical
Bulletin
aimed at increasing academic and public awareness of cultural and
political
affairs which impact on international relations, globalisation andEast-West Relations.

Eurasia explores new trends in
Russia,
Central Asia, Afghanistan, the Newly Independent States, regions such
as Siberia and
Tibet, and Asia-Europe relations. It provides an overview of areas
often
ignored in traditional international relations courses, and analyses
current
trends and future prospects in detail. The subject looks at a wide
range
of political, economic, cultural and strategic issues that are
reshaping
Eurasia, especially through 1992-2004. Turbulence in Afghanistan and
Iraq
have renewed the urgency of reconstruction in the region.

Trends
for
the International Future:Futures
Studies has become part of the set of specialisations to be found
within
the discipline of International Relations (IR). IR does not have a
monopoly
on this field of inquiry (Futures Studies are, by nature,
interdisciplinary),
but IR does have its own particular research interest in Future Studies
because of its intrinsic concern with the dynamics of the international
political system. NB Please see Dr Dellios' Bond
University pages for updated lectures.

Indian
Culture: India and BeyondFeatures
images of Konark Temple and Odissi Dance performed by Sonali. With
thanks
to the International Institute for Development Studies (Australia
and India) and the Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development
Studies,
Orissa.(10
minute section of a longer documentary in Realplayer video format. This
may take about 10 minutes to load on a dial-up modem. )

A useful and detailed
free web resouce is the Wikipedia, an open source encyclopedia
with over 441,000 articles. Though not peer reviewed, its articles are
often a useful starting when read critically.

The European Union
in its wider regional and global context remains a crucial force in
world
affairs and a source of innovation in institution building, economic
cooperative,
and forward looking diplomacy. Nonetheless, the progress toward
economic
and political integration has been controversial, as has the expansion
eastwards to include new members. This unit critically examines
political,
economic, cultural and strategic issues that face Europe in the 21st
century.
It has been designed to provide a sound overview as well as allowing
for
specialised research.

NB
- The International Relations Portal is not responsible the content in
these external sites. Inclusion in this list is not an endorsement of
the views, contents or policies of any of these sites. These sites are
useful for research but readers should use all information critically.

A range of useful news
coverage (global, regional, and Australian) will
be found in The Age
newspaper, at http://www.theage.com.au/Al Nakhlah
is a useful on-line journal of Southwest Asian and Islamic affairs,
published by the Fletcher School of Tufts University, with the current
issues and archives available via
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/al_nakhlah/
A number of useful research papers (and
other publications), focusing
on Australian politics and international relations, can be located from
the online page of the Parliament of Australian Parliamentary
Library at http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/

FindArticles.comA free database that
includes a
wide range of articles that can be searched by keyword.

Foreign Policyjournal runs a very useful and
diversified website at http://www.foreignpolicy.com/

Freetranslation.com is a useful site for international
relations which can provide free, on-line brief translations to and
from most
major European languages

The
Global ExchangeGlobal Exchange is
a human
rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political,
and
social justice around the world.
The Global
Development Network has a wide range of resources and
news on development at http://www.gdnet.org/

Human Rights
Watch (Worldwide) provides a range of useful reports on human
rights, politics and democratisation at http://www.hrw.org/The
International Atomic Energy Agency The IAEA has a range of
useful
documents, including reports of current meetings with Iran, and
comprehensive
documents including a Handbook on Nuclear Law.The
International Labour Organisation has an extensive website, with
access to detailed histories of the labour movement in the 21st century.The
International Relations and Security Network, a Swiss
contribution
to Partnership for Peace, has a wide range of news updates, links and
in
depth pieces.The
International Women's Development Agencyhas been active for over
fifteen
years as a non-government orgnisation involved in partnership programs
around the world designed to relieve poverty and oppression. Current
projects
are underway in Bougainville, along the Thai-Burma border and in
Vietnam.The
Journal of Humanitarian Assistanceis a searchable, on-line
journal
with a range of useful information on peace and development studies,
published
by the Department of Peace Studies, the University of Bradford.

The Journal
of World History provides an archive of current and past
articles on world perspectives, located at
http://www.historycooperative.org/jwhindex.html

Le
Monde DiplomatiqueThis on-line journal (in
English
as well as French) has a wide range of short critical articles on
diplomacy
and International Relations. About one quarter of the content allows
free
access.

Local Russian Far Eastern
news can be found in the Vladivostok News,
located at http://vlad.tribnet.com/

Wikipedia is a useful and detailed
free web resouce, an open source encyclopedia
with over 441,000 articles. Though not peer reviewed, its articles are
often a useful starting when read critically. Located at
http://www.wikipedia.org/

The World Values Survey
provides a range of useful information on political, social and
cultural values mapped across the international system.
Its homepage is located at http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/

Other
Useful Linksto dozens of
International Relations,
Asian Studies, Foreign Affairs, Government and NGO Websites. Other
useful
Internet Resources as well as news wires and newspapers

Essential tools
are now needed
to understand the current global system and how nations and communities
are reacting to new challenges. Global interdependence means that no
nation
is unaffected by developments beyond its borders. National economic and
social survival is now premised on an international orientation.

The
Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies
has the purpose of facilitating research, teaching and
interdisciplinary
applications focusing on the interactions among cultural, social,
economic
and political aspects of international affairs. The Centre examines the
changes at the cultural and political levels which have radically
altered
the international, strategic and economic relationships of the
Asia-Pacific
and Indo-Pacific regions.

East
Asian Studies provides an
insight
into this rapidly changing and important part of the world. New
political
and economic trends, as well as the deep cultural and civilisational
legacies
of China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia are studied. Chinese
Language and Japanese Language studies
are also becoming more important economically and culturally in the
global
system.

All design, material and photographs, unless
otherwise
stated
or acknowledged, areCopyright of R. James Ferguson and Rosita Dellios,
1996-2005